"Music is found in every known culture, past and present, varying widely between times and places. Since all people of the world, including the most isolated tribal groups, have a form of music, it may be concluded that music is likely to have been present in the ancestral population prior to the dispersal of humans around the world. Consequently, music may have been in existence for at least 55,000 years and the first music may have been invented in Africa and then evolved to become a fundamental constituent of human life."
So we can say that there would be no Jazz and also no "European Classical Tradition" without our log beater in Africa. I will agree that Jazz is a eventual result of the first human attempt to make music. That would be about 55,000 years ago. I think that predates Europe, let along the "European Classical Tradition". Nice try.
***** Unfortunately, Phil Woods was hugely unrecognized as a composer and arranger. *****
"If they are unknown, not respected or ignored, it's for a very good reason"
The Frogman's First Law of Musicians.
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So we can say that there would be no Jazz and also no "European Classical Tradition" without our log beater in Africa. I will agree that Jazz is a eventual result of the first human attempt to make music. That would be about 55,000 years ago. I think that predates Europe, let along the "European Classical Tradition". Nice try.
***** Unfortunately, Phil Woods was hugely unrecognized as a composer and arranger. *****
"If they are unknown, not respected or ignored, it's for a very good reason"
The Frogman's First Law of Musicians.
Cheers